messroom
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of messroom
Example Sentences
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For Negroes, routine duty between wars had been in the messroom.
From Time Magazine Archive
All that night the officers sat in the messroom and talked of the Princess.
From In the Days of Queen Victoria by Tappan, Eva March
“I'm looking for two balloonatics,” said Talbott, as he came into the messroom; “and I think I've found them.”
From High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by Hall, James Norman
The gentlemen about the Queen and the King Consort had their own private silver, which was kept in this their common messroom, and was also supplemented from the Household stores.
From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger
Within it were living rooms, messroom and kitchen.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 by Bates, Harry
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